Toy fireplace.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

R. I. HEPBURN.

TOY FIREPLACE.

APPLIUATION FILED MARA. 1907.

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RUFUS I. HEPBURN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

TOY FIREPLACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed March 4, 1907. Serial No. 360,559.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUFUS I. HEPBURN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Fireplaces, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in toy fire-places.

The object of. my invention is to provide a movable toy fire-place whichmay be folded up and compactly stored when not in use and at the sametime may be set up next to the wall of a room in such position as toresemble a fire-place and to be used for children at Christmas andholiday times or whenever a toy fire-place might be used for show orentertainment. I attain these objects and other advantages, by theconstruction, combination and arrangements of parts illustrated in theaforesaid drawings.

It is well known that at Christmas and holiday times in houses or. showwindows or for entertainments, it is necessary to quickly make up animitation fire-place in which the stockings of children may be hung ordown which Kriss Kringle may come. No convenient or practical device hasheretofore been invented to accomplish such objects as my inventiondoes, nor anything which may be carried as stock merchandise at alltimes to be sold at a low price.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the toy fire-place set up inposition for use. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the vertical artsand inside top piece of the same un-' olded. Fig. 3 is an inverted planview of the top piece. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bottom iece.

Like etters refer to like parts throughout the views.

In Fig. 2 are seen the rear of the front part C, the front of the backpart D, the lower side of the top or flue piece E, having therein theflue opening 6, the inner side walls a a, the outer side walls I; b andthe flap or rear corner or any suitable hinge.

- securing piece 0. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 show all the component parts whichmake up the fireplace as appears in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1 are shown a top or mantle piece A, the front of the rear pieceD, inside wall. (1, outside wall I), the front piece C and the bottompiece B, all in set up position of the fireplace. The parts C, D, E, aa, b b, and c are joined together with hinges d, of cloth, leather Theparts of my device maybe made of card-board, tin or any suitable lightmaterial and painted or decorated to resemble a fire-place.

It will be seen that the hinged folding parts shown in Fig. 2 are set upagainst the wall of a room as appears in Fig. 1,-over the bottom pieceB, and having been brought into rectangular position, are secured at therear corner by the flap 0. The inner side pieces a a may be secured inproper position by cleats underneath the flue piece E, or in any othersuitable way, and the said flue piece dropped over them in its place.The mantle piece A is placed-on top as shown and the fire-place is thenin set up position as it is intended to be for the objects and purposesherein specified.

Now having described my invention, I do not limit myself to anyparticular size, style of a fire place or to the kind of material ordecoration of the same, nor the exact number of parts to be hingedtogether to makeup the device.

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A toy fire-place comprising folding, vertical front and back arts 0, D,inner side walls a a, outer side wa ls b b, a flue piece E, providedwith a flue opening 6, a mantle piece A and bottom piece B, all ofsuitable light material, having means to secure the same in fire placeform, and having suitable fire-place decoration thereon, allsubstantially as described.

' RUFUS I. HEPBURN. Witnesses:

W. F. HUBBARD, M. C. WRIGHT.

